Seattle University School of Law is home to an outstanding faculty of committed teacher-scholars. This is a collection of selected scholarship from some of our inspiring thought leaders.
Submissions from 2006
The Principled Executioner: Capital Juries’ Bias and the Benefits of True Bifurcation, Susan D. Rozelle
From Oppression to Outsourcing: New Opportunities for Uganda's Growing Number of Attorneys in Today's Flattening World, Mimi Samuel and Laurel Currie Oates
A Lesbian Centered Critique of “Genetic Parenthood”, Julie Shapiro
Equal Protection Unmodified: Justice John Paul Stevens and the Case for Unmediated Constitutional Interpretation, Andrew Siegel
The Court Against the Courts: Hostility to Litigation as an Organizing Theme in the Rehnquist Court’s Jurisprudence, Andrew Siegel
The Court Against the Courts: Hostility to Litigation as an Organizing Theme in the Rehnquist Court’s Jurisprudence, Andrew Siegel
Introductory Essays, Kellye Testy, Thomas J. Holdych, and Robert Medved
January 1, 2003: The Birth of the Unpublished Public Domain and Its International Implications, Elizabeth Townsend-Gard
Somerset’s Case and Its Antecedents in Imperial Perspective, George Van Cleve
Submissions from 2005
On Academic Discrimination, Janet Ainsworth
Taking the Stand: The Lessons of the Three men who Took the Japanese American Internment to Court, Lorraine K. Bannai
Race and the California Recall: A Top Ten List of Ironies, Steven W. Bender, Keith Aoki, and Sylvia Lazos
A Call from Jerome, Robert S. Chang
Is an Annual Report in Your Library’s Future?, Kristin Cheney
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan and Procedural and Substantive Heuristics for Consensus, Mark A. Chinen
Walking While Muslim, Margaret Chon and Donna E. Arzt
Note: The Impact of Medicaid Estate Recovery on Nontraditional Families, Diane Lourdes Dick
The Case of the Little Yellow Cuban Biplane: Can Interest Analysis Reconcile Conflicting Provisions in Federal Statutes and International Treaties?, Diane Lourdes Dick
Private Motive and Perpetual Conditions in Charitable Naming Gifts: When Good Names Go Bad, John K. Eason
Lawrence Summers’ Speech on “Innate” Differences Between Men and Women--A Different Perspective, Thomas Fischer
Leveling the Playing Field: A New Theory of Exclusion for a Post-PATRIOT Act America, Christian Halliburton
A Seller's Responsibilities to Remote Purchasers for Breach of Warranty in the Sales of Goods Under Washington Law, Thomas J. Holdych
Citizen and Citizenship Within and Beyond the Nation, Tayyab Mahmud
Limit Horizons & Critique: Seductions and Perils of the Nation, Tayyab Mahmud
Allegory from the Cave: A Story about a Mis-Educated Profession and the Paradoxical Prescription, Natasha Martin
Litigating Global Warming: Substantive Law in Search of a Forum, Henry McGee
Evaluating Brady Error Using Narrative Theory: A Proposal For Reform, John B. Mitchell
In (Slightly Uncomfortable) Defense of ‘Triage’ by Public Defenders, John B. Mitchell
Of Driver's Licenses and Debtor's Prison, John B. Mitchell and Kelly Kunsch
Screening the Law: Ideology and Law in American Popular Culture, Mark Niles and Naomi Mezey
Toward Reconciliation in the Middle East: A Framework for Christian-Muslim Dialogue Using Natural Law Tradition, Russell Powell
Check Only One: M/F/Other, Julie Shapiro
Reflections on Complicity, Julie Shapiro
An Appreciation of Professor Herbert Johnson: Introduction to Symposium INTRODUCTION, Andrew Siegel
When Prosecutors Control Criminal Court Dockets: Dispatches on History and Policy from a Land Time Forgot, Andrew Siegel
A Curious Concurrence: Justice Brandeis' Vote in Whitney v. California, David Skover and Ronald Collins
What Is War? Reflections on Free Speech in 'Wartime, David Skover and Ronald Collins
Freedom in a Regulatory State?: Lawrence, Marriage and Biopolitics, Dean Spade and Craig Willse
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States. 1789-1800. Vol. 7, Cases: 1796-1797, George Van Cleve
Submissions from 2004
All Facts Are Not Created Equal, Bryan Adamson
The ADA: One Avenue to Appointed Counsel Before a Full Civil Gideon, Lisa Brodoff, Susan McClellan, and Elizabeth Anderson
Business as Usual? Brown and the Continuing Conundrum of Race in America, Robert S. Chang and Jerome M. Culp Jr.
Corporate Ethics and Governance in the Health Care Marketplace: An Introduction, Annette E. Clark
Ethics2: The Ethics of Bioethics in the Biotechnology Industry, Annette E. Clark
Case Comments: Constitutional Law: Reaffirming Every Floridian’s Broad and Fundamental Right to Privacy, Diane Lourdes Dick
Retirement Security Through Asset Protection: An Evolution Of Wealth, Privilege, and Policy, John K. Eason
Are We on the Path to Liberation Now?: Same-Sex Marriage at Home and Abroad, Paula L. Ettelbrick and Julie Shapiro
Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment: The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Neither Separate Nor Equal How Race-Sensitive Enforcement of Criminal Laws Threatens to Undo Brown v. Board of Education, Christian Haliburton
Innocent Spouses: A Critique of the New Laws Governing Joint and Several Tax Liability, Lily Kahng
Introduction: Brown, Triumph or Challenge?, Henry W. McGee Jr.
Preemptive War: Is It Constitutional, John B. Mitchell
Beyond Lane: Who is Protected By the Americans With Disabilities Act, Who Should Be?, Russell Powell
Rise of the Machines: Justice Information Systems and the Question of Public Access to Court Records over the Internet, Gregory Silverman
The Landmark Free-Speech Case That Wasn't: The Nike v. Kasky Story, David Skover and Ronald Collins
The Cambodian Amnesties: Beneficiaries and the Temporal Reach of Amnesties for Gross Violation of Human Rights, Ronald Slye
International Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy: An Introduction, Ronald C. Slye
Letters to the Editors of Health Matrix, Ken Wing
Submissions from 2003
(Un)Examined Assumptions and (Un)Intended Messages: Teaching Students to Recognize Bias in Legal Analysis and Language , Lorraine Bannai and Anne Enquist
Letters and Postcards We Wished We Had Sent to Gary Bellow and Bea Moulton, Marilyn Berger, John Mitchell, and Annette Clark
“Forget the Alamo”: Race Courses as a Struggle Over History and Collective Memory, Robert S. Chang
(Racial) Profiles in Courage, or Can We Be Heroes, Too?, Robert S. Chang
Syllabus: Asian Americans and the Law, Robert S. Chang
Teaching Asian Americans and the Law: Struggling with History, Identity, and Politics, Robert S. Chang
The Sojourner’s Truth and Other Stories, Robert S. Chang
Serving Pro Se Patrons: An Obligation and an Opportunity, Kerry Fitz-Gerald
Seasons of Resistance: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Cuba, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Risk Avoidance, Cultural Discrimination, and Environmental Justice for Indigenous Peoples, Catherine O'Neill
“Soldiering on in Hope”: United Nations Peacekeeping in Civil Wars, Anna Roberts
Resisting Medicine/Remodeling Gender, Dean Spade
Policy Choices and Model Acts: Preparing for the Next Public Health Emergency, Ken Wing
Linking Low-Income Washingtonians with Health Care Financing Arrangements, Kenneth R. Wing and Michael G. Gordie
Submissions from 2002
Truth as Right and Remedy in International Human Rights Experience, Thomas Antkowiak
Sight, Sound, and Stereotype: The War on Terrorism and Its Consequences for Latinas/os, Steven W. Bender
Seekin’ the Cause: Social Justice Movements and LatCrit Community, Steven W. Bender and Keith Aoki
Multiculturalism: America's Enduring Challenge, James E. Bond
A State Supreme Court in Transition, James E. Bond and Kelly Kunsch
Closing Essay: Developing a Collective Memory to Imagine a Better Future, Robert S. Chang
After Intersectionality, Robert S. Chang and Jerome Culp
When Interests Diverge, Robert S. Chang and Peter Kwan
Transforming Talks: Public Dialogue About Social Justice in a Post-9-11 Age, Margaret Chon
Developing the Asset Protection Dynamic: A Legacy of Federal Concern, John K. Eason
Institutionalizing Inequality: The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Food Security, and Developing Countries, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Improving Legal Writing Courses: Perspectives from the Bar and Bench, Constance Krontz and Susan McClellan
The Way We Were and What We “B”, Kelly Kunsch
Hacia un Regimen de Responsabilidad Civil por Dano Ambiental Transfronterizo, Henry McGee and Luz E. Ortiz Nagle
Transboundary Dispute Resolution As a Process and Access to Justice for Private Litigants: Commentaries on Cesare Romano's "The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: A Pragmatic Approach", Henry McGee and Timothy W. Woolsey
Designing and Maintaining Law Library Web Sites: Some Practical Considerations, Kent Milunovich
Clarence Thomas the First Ten Years: Looking for Consistency, Mark Niles
On the Hijacking of Airplanes (And Agencies): The FAA, ‘Agency Capture,’ and Airline Security, Mark Niles
LesBiGay Identity as Commodity, David Skover and Kellye Testy
The Legitimacy of Amnesties under International Law and General Principles of Anglo-American Law, Ronald Slye
Undeserving Addicts: SSI/SSD and the Penalties of Poverty, Dean Spade
Regulating Environmental and Safety Hazards of Agricultural Biotechnology for a Sustainable World, George Van Cleve
Submissions from 2001
Law Students' Undergraduate Major: Implications For Law School Academic Support Programs (ASPs) Performance, Bryan Adamson and Mark Graham
Will the Wolf Survive?: Latino/a Pop Music in the Cultural Mainstream, Steven W. Bender
Sentencing Reform in the Other Washington, David Boerner and Roxanne Lieb
Los Angeles as a Single-Cell Organism, Robert S. Chang
Game Theory and Customary International Law: A Response to Professors Goldsmith and Posner, Mark A. Chinen
Placid, Clear-Seeming Words: Some Realism about the New Formalism (With Particular Attention to Promissory Estoppel), Sidney DeLong